Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: Enriching Uranium
This past weekend, the US and allies reached an agreement with Iran on the Iranian nuclear programme. In this graphic the Washington Post explains the several steps necessary to take uranium and make it useful for a reactor, a research reactor, and nuclear weapons. Admittedly, a simplified diagram, but still quite useful. Credit for the […]
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Peyton Manning is a Pretty Good Quarterback
Read on…: Peyton Manning is a Pretty Good QuarterbackOn Sunday night the Denver Broncos played the New England Patriots. The contest sported two of the game’s best quarterbacks: Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. This interactive graphic by the Guardian detailed how, in this season alone, Manning is putting up record numbers. Credit for the graphic goes to the Guardian US interactive team.
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50 Years of the Doctor
Read on…: 50 Years of the DoctorDoctor Who? Exactly. This weekend, Saturday in fact, is the 50th anniversary of British sci-fi show Doctor Who. That is not to say it has been airing for 50 years. In the 1990s and early 2000s the show was off the air, living on only in audio broadcasts and novelisations. But in 2005, the show […]
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The Tallest of the Tall (in Los Angeles)
Read on…: The Tallest of the Tall (in Los Angeles)I have always had an interest in architecture. And so this piece from the Los Angeles Times is just because I like to indulge myself every so often, a look at the five tallest buildings in Los Angeles. Credit for the piece goes to Scott J. Wilson, Matt Moody, and Anthony Pesce.
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Internet Explorer in South Korea
Read on…: Internet Explorer in South KoreaThe Washington Post had an interesting story on how, in South Korea, Internet Explorer dominates the internet. I won’t spoil the story, it is kind of fascinating and worth a short read, but the accompanying graphics show just how dominant the browser has been in a leading technology country in Asia. Credit for the piece […]
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Explaining Why Some People Are Losing Their Health Insurance Plans
Read on…: Explaining Why Some People Are Losing Their Health Insurance PlansI have received a few questions in the non-blog world about why certain people have been receiving notices in the post that they are about to lose their insurance plans. The short answer for many of those people is that they likely bought individual, private plans and those plans fall short of the new minimum […]
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Differences in Population Growth and What That Means
Read on…: Differences in Population Growth and What That MeansLast week the Washington Post published a piece that looked at demographic trends and their impact on the world’s different geographies. None of the graphics in the piece are revolutionary, nor are they mind-blowing fantasticness. They are, however, clear and concise and show the story. In fact the overall piece is well done because while […]
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The Origin of Beer
Read on…: The Origin of BeerToday’s post comes via Business Insider. They linked to work by reddit user sp07 who mapped out words used for common objects across Europe and then looked at those words by their origin. But of all words, this is probably the most important. Credit for the piece goes to sp07.
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The Sinking of the Bounty
Read on…: The Sinking of the BountyThis time last year, the Northeast began to pick up what was left from Hurricane Sandy. There was a lot of rain, a lot of wind, flooding, and electrical outages. But not all the damage was ashore. In an excellent long-form narrative piece, the Tampa Bay Times covered the story of the Bounty, a functional […]
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The Young and the Educated
Read on…: The Young and the EducatedToday’s piece comes from the National Journal. It is an interactive bubble chart that compares the educated class of cities in 1980 to those in 2010 (educated meaning the share of population with at least a bachelor’s degree). Not a whole lot to say about this one, in a good way. A nice summation at […]